About this episode

Noah Pritchett shares his journey as a field engineer and discusses the challenges and experiences in the construction industry.

Introduction Our guest today is Noah Pritchett. Noah is a field engineer who shares a homeschool background with Tyler. He ended up getting his GED and meeting a chick at Chick Fil A. They also both had to be corralled by a dad into their work in construction. Then it just clicked. His first job in field-engineering world was as a helper. Then the engineer he was helping was called away to another job. The rest is construction history. All of his training took place on the job. The Hyundai plant Part of the reason Eddie invited Noah to the show was because Noah had a hand in the gargantuan Hyundai plant near Savannah, Georgia. Noah shares that this particular project was just go-go-go. He was laying out something new every 15 minutes, working with contact points that were up to 4,000 feet apart. He recognized that he needed some help, and he gave his helper a tossed-in-the-deep-end experience similar to his own. Now everything seems small to him–except the son he had to leave at home when he left for the long stretches of work. Tyler points out that not many people understand about this travel component and how it affects workers and their families. Eddie points out that the pay…

People in this episode

Guest: Noah Pritchett

Topics covered

• field engineering
• construction projects
• homeschool background
• work-life balance
• pay in construction
• indoor water parks

Keywords

• field engineer
• construction history
• Hyundai plant
• Great Wolf Lodge
• work-life balance
• pay in construction
• homeschool

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chick Fil A, Great Wolf Lodge, Hyundai

Places: Savannah, Georgia

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